LEADER 03736oam 2200673I 450 001 9910783836803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-29704-1 010 $a0-203-68529-6 010 $a1-134-29705-X 010 $a1-280-05975-3 010 $a0-203-46310-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203463109 035 $a(CKB)1000000000252716 035 $a(EBL)200741 035 $a(OCoLC)86174820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240327 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305974 035 $a(PQKB)11350328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200741 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200741 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094223 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5975 035 $a(OCoLC)56910629 035 $a(PPN)19845337X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000252716 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPolitical theory and the European constitution /$fedited by Lynn Dobson and Andreas Follesdal 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-40674-9 311 $a0-415-34067-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPolitical Theory and the European Constitution; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1 Is Euro-federalism a solution or a problem? Tocqueville inverted, perverted or subverted?; 2 The EU as a self-sustaining federation: specifying the constitutional conditions; 3 A union of peoples? Diversity and the predicaments of a multinational polity; 4 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: the need for constitutional compromise and the drafting of the EU Constitution; 5 Europe: united under God? Or not? 327 $a6 The open method of co-ordination in the European Convention:an opportunity lost?7 Conceptions of freedom and the European Constitution; 8 The constitutional labelling of 'The democratic life of the EU': representative and participatory democracy; 9 Transparency and legitimacy; 10 An institutional dialogue on common principles: reflections on the significance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; 11 Motivating judges: democracy, judicial discretion, and the European Court of Human Rights; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn June 2003, the Convention on the Future of Europe released what may become the Constitution of the European Union. This timely volume provides one of the first critical assessments of the draft Constitution from the vantage point of political theory.The work combines detailed institutional analysis with normative political theory, bringing theoretical analysis to bear on the pressing issues of institutional design answered - or bypassed - by the draft Constitution. It addresses several themes that play out differently in federal arrangements than in unitary political orders: 410 0$aRoutledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science 606 $aConstitutional law$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aPublic law$zEuropean Union countries 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aPublic law 676 $a342.4 701 $aDobson$b Lynn$01526357 701 $aFøllesdal$b Andreas$01526358 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783836803321 996 $aPolitical theory and the European constitution$93768365 997 $aUNINA